Florida is seeing an explosion in the number of deaths connected to drug overdoses and opioids and heroin are to blame.

WESH 2 News is exploring where the “State of Addiction” stands and looking into why a recovery program seeing real results could be shut down just as it's starting to change lives.

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On the next “Chronicle: State of Addiction,” we'll introduce you to Vivitrol, and find out why a promising new program offering the medication and help could vanish, as the addiction problem skyrockets to the worst that the state has seen.